Photograph Samuel Reshevsky at Chess Board
Photograph Samuel Reshevsky at Chess Board
Photograph Samuel Reshevsky at Chess Board
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Photograph Samuel Reshevsky at Chess Board

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Author: Chess Life

Year: 1920

Publisher: Horizon Magazine

Place: New York

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Photograph (8" x 10") glossy with negative of Samuel Reshevsky at age 9 seated at chess board. Used in Horizon Magazine January 1, 1962. Originally produced for Chess Life.

Horizon was a magazine published in the United States from 1958 to 1989. Originally published by American Heritage as a bi-monthly hardback, Horizon was subtitled A Magazine of the Arts. In 1978, Boone Inc. bought the magazine, which continued to cover the arts. Publication ceased in March 1989.

Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky (1911-1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was never a full-time chess professional. He was a strong contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the U.S. Chess Championship. An outstanding match player throughout his career, Reshevsky excelled at positional play, and could be a brilliant tactician when required. He took a long time over his opening moves, and often found himself in time pressure, but this sometimes unsettled his opponent more than it did Reshevsky. Reshevsky was born at Ozorkow, Poland, to a Jewish family. He learned to play chess at age four and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. At age eight, he was beating many accomplished players with ease and giving simultaneous exhibitions. In November 1920, his parents moved to the U.S. to make a living by publicly exhibiting their child's talent. Reshevsky played thousands of games in exhibitions all over the U.S. He played in the 1922 New York Masters tournament; at that stage, he was likely the youngest-ever player to have competed in a strong tournament.

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Photograph and negative in fine condition.

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